[patch 47/60] sparc64: Fix end-of-stack checking insave_stack_trace().

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Aug 18 2008 - 15:06:13 EST


2.6.26-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 433c5f706856689be25928a99636e724fb3ea7cf ]

Bug reported by Alexander Beregalov.

Before we dereference the stack frame or try to peek at the
pt_regs magic value, make sure the entire object is within
the kernel stack bounds.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
arch/sparc64/kernel/stacktrace.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ void save_stack_trace(struct stack_trace

/* Bogus frame pointer? */
if (fp < (thread_base + sizeof(struct thread_info)) ||
- fp >= (thread_base + THREAD_SIZE))
+ fp > (thread_base + THREAD_SIZE - sizeof(struct sparc_stackf)))
break;

sf = (struct sparc_stackf *) fp;
regs = (struct pt_regs *) (sf + 1);

- if ((regs->magic & ~0x1ff) == PT_REGS_MAGIC) {
+ if (((unsigned long)regs <=
+ (thread_base + THREAD_SIZE - sizeof(*regs))) &&
+ (regs->magic & ~0x1ff) == PT_REGS_MAGIC) {
if (!(regs->tstate & TSTATE_PRIV))
break;
pc = regs->tpc;

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